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David S. Saxon

American physicist
Person human Q5239394

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
February 8, 1920, 1920[7]
Date of death
December 8, 2005, 2005[8]
Place of birth
Saint Paul
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
physicist, film editor
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology[10][11]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cheltenham High School[12][13]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I[15][16]
Doctoral advisor
John C. Slater[14]
Doctoral student
George Adomian, Michel A. Melkanoff[19][20]
Archives at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[21]
Given name
David[22]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[23]
Member of
American Philosophical Society[17]
Oral history at
UCLA Center for Oral History Research[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en David S. Saxon fa ساکسون، دیوید اس. fr David Saxon fr David Stephen Saxon he דויד סקסון ko 데이비드 S. 색슨
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000110025584
VIAF cluster ID
107811719
Library of Congress authority ID
n50016906
GND ID
140830790
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
140830790
FAST ID
5339
Freebase ID
/m/0289nw1
Guggenheim fellows ID
david-s-saxon
IdRef ID
077117646
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
140830790
MR Author ID
533445
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
76509
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NLAI ID
67703
NUKAT ID
n02091255
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007425204205171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
06759929X
OpenMLOL author ID
169928
Prabook ID
273951
Project Gutenberg author ID
34166
SHARE Catalogue author ID
27152
SNAC ARK ID
w69d966b
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10582563
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkMDMpvFTvbrQhp74CJDq
Yale LUX ID
person/145c9f73-5701-4631-afbe-491c6ea47aba
ZbMATH author ID
saxon.david-s

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Summary

David S. Saxon was born on February 8, 1920[1], in Saint Paul[2]. He died on December 8, 2005[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as a physicist[5] and film editor[6].

FAQs

Where was David S. Saxon born?

David S. Saxon's place of birth was Saint Paul[2].

Where did David S. Saxon die?

David S. Saxon died in Los Angeles[4].

What did David S. Saxon do for work?

David S. Saxon worked as a physicist[5] and film editor[6].

Where did David S. Saxon go to school?

David S. Saxon was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[12] and Cheltenham High School[13].

What awards did David S. Saxon receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[15] and honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Journal officiel de la République française. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [8] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . oralhistory.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved . oralhistory.library.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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